Comments on: Shave Em Down, Make Em Smooth

By: AfroFrenchgirl

AfroFrenchgirl — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:33:45 +0000

In Cameroon, men love hairy women. They don’t need to shave their legs or armpits.
Everytime, I go back home, i’m shocked (I live in France). Lol. Because i see women who wear short skirts with hairy legs, and people don’t care, so I guess that’s cool. Personally,I prefer to shave my legs.

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:53:59 +0000

From a man’s perspective, it really does not matter to me either way. My wife does not shave her legs, and I still love every inch of them.

By: joyce petrosky

joyce petrosky — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:18:36 +0000

i have thick dark hair on my arms from elbows down whats best idea for removal please i m 47 years old n i m embarrassed by this.. thanks waiting patiently for your response

By: Tanya

Tanya — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:53:11 +0000

I’m a pro-hair remover! Amen! I’m sorry, but I have to be fuzz-free or I don’t feel clean. Year after year, I’d see my aunt’s unshaven legs, vowing to never, ever, ever, ever let my legs look like hers. Yeah, I was ridiculed. Being fair-skinned, it only added to the teasing of “wannabe” that I got.

But…whatever!

I still shave my armpits and legs. I wax my brows, lip, and bikini area. However, after reading your post, I will have to look into waxing my armpits. Discoloration is on the rise and being lighter-skinned doesn’t help.

By: Answer

Answer — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:09:54 +0000

I never knew about the link between armpit discoloration and shaving either, but now it makes perfect sense! I shave my underarms about 2-3 times weekly and anytime I’m going sleeveless. My hairs typically don’t get any longer than 2 millimeters before I shave them.

I would probably not try waxing myself there since it just seems kind of logistically difficult, but I think I wouldn’t mind letting someone else do it if not for the cost of regular upkeep. I have had a Brazilian wax before, which my husband was VERY pleased with (and which hurt, but I just kept myself thinking about how floored my husband was going to be when he saw me…later he was kind of unnerved at the thought of how much I’d had to expose myself to get that done). I achieve nearly the same result at home with a depilatory now.

I’m off track a bit… I was going to say that I notice much less bump-irritation when I use a depilatory on my underarms, and I’m sure if I stuck with it, I’d see my discoloration go away, too. I just keep reaching for that razor because it’s such a quick and easy method of doing the job. But it drives me crazy to hang out with my white sisters-in-law, who have no discoloration, or see white models on tv with no discoloration, advertising razors, and then know that even with my underarms shaved, I still don’t feel as confident as I want to in exposing my underarms. Before Afrobella’s thread, I felt like it was just something black women were doomed with, and that any black models I saw were probably airbrushed or something. Thanks for the heads up.

By: heyhey

heyhey — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:20:51 +0000

@lola_gets: “well rewarded for my efforts!” Hahah, applause for how very tactfully you phrased this.

I hope people are still reading this thread, because I’d like some advice. I’ve always shaved my legs and underarms, pluck eyebrows and the ocassional lip hair, but only today heard about the link b/t shaving and armpit discoloration. I’d like to try waxing, but frankly the hair there if left unkempt is SO illogically thick that yanking those tenacious follicles out scares the hell out of me.

Is there something I can do to prep my pits and decrease the pain? Sorry if this is such a basic question, but I am as the kids say a “n00b” at this business.

By: lola gets

lola gets — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:55:43 +0000

Ive always “de-hairified” my legs and underarms on a quasi-regular basis ever since I was a teen. I used to go to a Catholic school and wore skirts, so it was kind of necessary. Fortunately for me, I don’t have a whole lot of body hair anyways, so once a week was enough.

A few years ago, I came down with a funky rash on my legs,and discovered it was because my hair follicles were being irritated by the blades of the razor. So I switched to Nair and Neet, which I did/do once a week.

As for “down there”, I know Im a woman, and its natural for me to have hair there, so I would leave it natural. HOWever…the trend is to either be bare or barely there, and if thats what a man wants, then Imma do it. I do it with my current partner, and I am well rewarded for my efforts!

I am planning on writing another post about this, so please come by and check it out!

By: von

von — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:23:32 +0000

I like the feel/look of hairless bodies, but god, the upkeep is so tedious and my lazy side definitely kicks in. In the summer I keep my underarms and legs neat, but in the winter, I barely bother.

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By: Tamra

Tamra — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:59:37 +0000

Hehe. I laugh about this now, but at the time it wasn’t quite so funny. Back in high school, a boyfriend (it wasn’t even about him being “somebody I was dating” because my dad wasn’t having any of that) gave me a present for my birthday. Guess what it was! A razor kit from the drug store! I forget what the brand was, but it was a really pretty tortoise shell razor–that’s the only saving grace of it being considered a “gift.”

I remember opening it at home and thinking, “How DARE he???” And, in protest, I think it took me until long after we were no longer boyfriend/girlfriend to start using it. When I did decide to start using it, I haven’t looked back since–and, those creepy pantyhose no longer looked quite so…creepy.

So, I’m definitely a shaver. It’s a morning ritual for me. I have my hair locked too and I have to say that I see no relationship between that and shaving–it’s just simply a matter of personal choice.

By: Ursula

Ursula — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:08:32 +0000

We all have to do what we are comfortable with — for me that means shaving armpits and legs. However, I wouldn’t look down on someone else who did not. It’s all about personal choice and preference.